Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays PLC, has named five new members to the firm’s Corporate Risk Management and Derivatives Group.
Rodrigo Collada and Omar Moreira were both appointed Directors responsible for coverage of corporate clients for risk management and derivative products in Mexico and Brazil, respectively.
Collada previously was Director of Debt Sales for Merrill Lynch in Mexico City, originating fixed income and foreign exchange derivative transactions for corporate, bank, and investor clients. He will be based in New York.
Moreira joins Barclays from Deutsche Bank in Sao Paolo where he was Managing Director in Corporate and Institutional Sales, responsible for sales and structuring of foreign exchange, fixed income, and credit derivatives.
In addition, Leelee Panno was named Associate Director and will assist in the continued expansion of the firm’s securitization-based derivatives business. Previously,. Panno was with Swiss Re, where she was a member of the interest rate derivatives marketing and sales team.
Further, Greg Power, who was previously with JP Morgan Chase and before that, Goldman Sachs, was named a Director and Head of US Liability Management for Barclays Capital, and will lead efforts to develop and strengthen the firm’s liability management franchise.
Finally, George Manahilov joins as an Associate Director, responsible for risk management in commodities. Manahilov comes to Barclays from Goldman Sachs where he developed derivative-based transactions in the oil and gas, power, forest products, and metals sectors.